Battle for survival in the barrenlands Part 4

"What the hell is this thing anyway?" Uriel tried to poke his head out of the huge hands grasping him, meeting his gaze with an odd creature with six jagged eyes, no eyelids and no other facial features. Left with no choice, Uriel activated his Dash skill once more despite its high flux cost and attempted to escape from the mortally strong grip of the creature, managing only to release one of his hands.

It wasn't much, but it was enough for him to open fire at the cryptid's face, taking down one by one as the uncanny eyes causing the cryptid a great deal of pain as proved by the shrill sound it made, though instead of letting go its grip only became tighter crushing Uriel's entire body except for his head and the arm he had previously freed. After its final effort the cryptid limped backwards and fell on its back slowly devolving into nothingness encompassed by the metallic sound of the dagger previously jabbed into the hulking hand made when it touched the ground.